Just received a 2 ounce order of Haunted Bookshop to try it out. Wow. I think I just found my new smoke. Kind of a Prince Albert on steroids type of thing. Its great 5 stars for me..
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Haunted bookshop is a solid smoke. Can't go wrong
It's like a codger blend for me. I smoke it while doing manual labor around the house. Not my go-to for kicking back and relaxing like the big bowl of Sillems Black I'm smoking right now.
I will be sampling the Mountain Camp tomorrow evening.
Try C&D's Pegasus too if you can. It's a burley too. I like Pegasus better than HB. Probably because of the unflavored cavendish.
My current working stash of HB. I don't bother to jar it up. I just scoop it up with the pipe like it was some OTC codger blend which it sort of is.
My current working stash of HB. I don't bother to jar it up. I just scoop it up with the pipe like it was some OTC codger blend which it sort of is.
Haunted Bookshop has lots of fans and a few haters on this forum.
I love Haunted Bookshop and have quite a bit in my cellar.
Two other of my favorite burley blends are Watch City Cigar Deluxe Crumb Cut and Old North Church. Both are worth trying if you like burley.
Two other of my favorite burley blends are Watch City Cigar Deluxe Crumb Cut and Old North Church. Both are worth trying if you like burley.
You know? That thing is so popular, I decided to not smoke it. It's like setting too much expectations only to find out it just ok. Oh, kids call it too much hype.
One thing I learned is never ever let it dry. Straight from the jar to the pipe to the light.
It gets more "muscular" the more it dries.
I've been pondering blending something with Haunted Bookshop. It's OK and all, but I'd like to add something that would tame down the rough edges. Maybe some unflavored cavendish...
Love haunted bookshop and am going to try old Joe Krantz. I think Pegasus the most though. Smooth, smooth burleys. My favorite blend overall probably
I do not like it. Bring one to not throw tobacco away, I mixed it with (of all things) Barbados Plantation.It gets more "muscular" the more it dries.
I've been pondering blending something with Haunted Bookshop. It's OK and all, but I'd like to add something that would tame down the rough edges. Maybe some unflavored cavendish...
I can choke that mix down when it gets back to being chilly.
I really like Haunted Bookshop Cake. This is what we get here in Europe. I usually start the day with it. OJK is also good which I normaly smoke once a day.
I tried, really tried, with HB and Pegasus. I've made peace with them, but I am still thinking about morphing HB with condiments to take those rough edges out of HB's smoke. I don't know what the proportions of the Burleys and Virginias are in these two blends, but I do consider them mostly the same. Same base, but one has Perique and the other, unflavored black Cavendish. I read descriptions like "smooth" and "chocolate notes" and I don't get it. It's like some people love cilantro, and others hate it.
I have some that I've been aging for 5 years and longer. For me, the rough edges fade away after about 3 years. With some time, I find HB to be super smooth and a great smoke.
It seems to be a polarizing blend, triggering some. But, I enjoy it. It's not an absolute favorite of mine, but I do enjoy it when I have it open.
My first bowl of HB was two nights ago, and I thought it was... okay. Nothing amazing, but nothing offensive either. And I didn't get a major nic-hit from it. But I will revisit it this weekend and over the next week. I also have a tin of the HB Cake to break out at some point down the road.
One note: inspired by the name of the blend, I went and found that most of the works by Christopher Morley are now in the public domain in the USA (and available through Project Gutenberg, et al.). The Haunted Bookshop is the second of two Morley novels featuring the character Roger Mifflin. I read the first of the series, Parnassus on Wheels, in less than a day as it's rather short, and am midway through THB right now. These are fun books, breezy reads but written by a man who obviously loved reading (and piping) and wanted others to enjoy them as well. Plus, they've given me a few ideas for fun literary blend names other than HB!
One note: inspired by the name of the blend, I went and found that most of the works by Christopher Morley are now in the public domain in the USA (and available through Project Gutenberg, et al.). The Haunted Bookshop is the second of two Morley novels featuring the character Roger Mifflin. I read the first of the series, Parnassus on Wheels, in less than a day as it's rather short, and am midway through THB right now. These are fun books, breezy reads but written by a man who obviously loved reading (and piping) and wanted others to enjoy them as well. Plus, they've given me a few ideas for fun literary blend names other than HB!
I've gone from despising it, to tolerating it, to respecting it. It's a strange relationship but l still hate the old wet dirty ashtray taste I am left with after smoking a bowl. Still, I crave it now and then. I have only had the cake version - tins all from the same batch. It's been aged/jarred for several years. Has there been much variation in this blend over the years?